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Free Screening SOUL FOOD JUNKIES

By SFGFF ⋅ January 7, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

When: January 15, 2013 @ 5:45 PM – 6:00 PM

Where: Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco,CA 94102, USA

Join us for the first ITVS Community Cinema screening of 2013 with a free screening of SOUL FOOD JUNKIES. Filmmaker Byron Hurt explores the upsides and downsides of soul food, a quintessential American cuisine. SOUL FOOD JUNKIES explores the history and social significance of soul food to black cultural identity and its effect on African [...]

Free Screening: SPLIT ESTATE

By SFGFF ⋅ December 21, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

When: February 27, 2013 @ 5:45 PM – 7:30 PM

Where: Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco,CA 94102, USA

SPLIT ESTATE This compelling Emmy Award winning documentary shows the dirty side of hydraulic fracturing and natural gas, an energy source the industry touts as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. Imagine discovering that you don’t own the mineral rights under your land, and that an energy company plans to drill for natural gas two [...]

SFGFF co-presents: BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!*

By SFGFF ⋅ October 31, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

When: November 20, 2012 @ 9:30 PM – 11:30 PM

Where: Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St, San Francisco,CA 94103, USA

Once upon a time, there was a documentary called BANANAS!* (SFGFF 2011) about conditions at a Dole-owned banana plantation in Nicaragua. But this is not that movie. This movie is about what happened after Dole decided it was going to squash BANANAS!* –by any means necessary. What follows is a story that’s both incredibly thrilling [...]

SFGFF co-presents: BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!*

By SFGFF ⋅ October 31, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

When: November 17, 2012 @ 9:30 PM – 11:30 PM

Where: Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St, San Francisco,CA 94103, USA

Once upon a time, there was a documentary called BANANAS!* (SFGFF 2011) about conditions at a Dole-owned banana plantation in Nicaragua. But this is not that movie. This movie is about what happened after Dole decided it was going to squash BANANAS!* –by any means necessary. What follows is a story that’s both incredibly thrilling [...]

SFGFF co-presents: BIG BOYS GONE BANANAS!*

By SFGFF ⋅ October 31, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

When: November 15, 2012 @ 9:30 PM – 11:30 PM

Where: Shattuck Cinema, 2230 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley,CA 94704, USA

Once upon a time, there was a documentary called BANANAS!* (SFGFF 2011) about conditions at a Dole-owned banana plantation in Nicaragua. But this is not that movie. This movie is about what happened after Dole decided it was going to squash BANANAS!* –by any means necessary. What follows is a story that’s both incredibly thrilling [...]

SFGFF presents: CAFETERIA MAN with Chef Tony Geraci

By SFGFF ⋅ September 8, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

When: September 22, 2012 @ 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Where: Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Auditorium, 1781 Rose St, Berkeley,CA 94703, USA

Bad school food meets its match! Join the SF Green Film Festival, MLK Jr. Middle School, and the Edible Schoolyard Berkeley for a special screening of the award-winning documentary “Cafeteria Man” with chef Tony Geraci. Learn first-hand from star Tony Geraci about the success of “Cafeteria Man” and what’s possible. Tony was recently named as [...]

Free screening: BAG IT

By SFGFF ⋅ August 14, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

When: August 23, 2012 @ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Where: Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, 100 Larkin St, San Francisco,CA 94102, USA

There’s another opportunity to view Festival 2011 Opening Night film BAG IT at the San Francisco Public Library on Thursday, August 23. This film will change your life! Americans use 60,000 plastic bags every five minutes, disposable bags that they throw away without much thought. But where is “away”? Where do the bags and other [...]

SFGFF presents: FOOD STAMPED with filmmaker Q&A

By SFGFF ⋅ April 13, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

When: May 31, 2012 @ 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM

Where: Ninth Street Independent Film Center, 145 9th St, San Francisco,CA 94103, USA

Join us on May 31 at the Ninth Street Independent Film Center to launch our 2012 community screenings series: FOOD STAMPED Special screening and Q&A with Bay Area filmmakers Shira and Yoav Potash Moderated by Julian Mocine-McQueen, Campaign and Partnerships Manager, Green For All ***ADVANCE ONLINE TICKET SALES HAVE NOW ENDED. A LIMITED NUMBER OF [...]

THE CITY DARK

By SFGFF ⋅ November 29, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

When: December 6, 2011 (all-day)

Where: SF Film Society | New People Cinema, 1746 Post St, San Francisco,CA 94115, USA

The City Dark is the latest film from Ian Cheney (King Corn, Truck Farm) and will screen on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the 2nd SF Green Film Festival with the director in attendance. Can’t wait until March? Get a sneak peek of this wonderful film at the San Francisco Film Society Cinema on Tuesday, [...]

SFGFF at ‘Nightlife’

By SFGFF ⋅ October 15, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

When: September 30, 2010 @ 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Where: California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr, San Francisco,CA 94118, USA

Drill, baby, spill: On Sept 30 we’re screening Jon Bowermaster’s film SOLA: LOUISIANA WATER STORIES at the California Academy of Sciences ‘Nightlife’ special H2O edition. Jon arrived in Louisiana in July 2008 to make a film about the relationship between man and water, and could never have predicted his reportage would end with the planet’s [...]